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100%. Point is that if Labour had appealed to their left flank, they'd have held the seat!
Yeah that's true. I think the way a lot of people (myself included) read your original comment was that it was blaming those 7 people for voting wrong.
Objectively, both things are true! But I tend to think Labour is the one with the power and so they're the ones who should be changing, not the relatively powerless seven voters.
I don't think you can say someone voted wrong if they voted for what they believe in. As you say it lies with the parties to win people over (and potentially to reform voting systems so that people can vote for that they want rather than being forced to vote against what they don't want)